Once again, I have been lax in writing; at least I haven't been lax in cross stitching. Here is my latest progress on my computer desk project, carousel baby, which I am stitching for my niece. I'm working on the backstitch now, coming down the homestretch...


I've also been working on a new (to the blog anyway) project, which is "Ride Em Cowcat," from an old leaflet, Garfield.... Crosses Your Path, from Millcraft. As you can see, I have been working on it for awhile.


I've been working the Day Without Stitching sampler as well, as my on-the-road project, but it doesn't seem to go as fast as my other projects, so I thought I'd wait and post new progress next time.

Here, we're looking forward to warmer weather and school being out for the summer! Only about four weeks to go...

Long time, no write! I've been doing a lot of cross stitching, not a lot of posting. I've been working on two projects, and I finished one.

The one I finished? It's the snowman sweatshirt! It's a Christmas project, so I've only worked on it in winter. Well, I was so close to being done this year, I worked on it till it was finished. I pulled out the waste canvas threads and took this picture on April 5 (after laundering):

Other than that, I have been working on the birth sampler for my neice here in the computer room. Here is my progress, as of April 6:

I have also been working on my on-the-road project, which is still Day Without Stitching. Here is my progress on it, as of April 6 as well:

Yeah, it's even been a week since I scanned these pictures. I've done quite a bit more stitching on them since. I'm also working on a new project to replace the sweatshirt, which I'll post when I get enough done to see what it is!

Time flies - whether you're having fun or not!

It's spring break week, and spring begins officially on Thursday. We are enjoying our free week without school or work. It is truly a break for us! So far we haven't done much, other than see the doctor for a regular checkup and watch it rain... By Thursday that should change.

Thought I'd update my current cross stitch projects. I've been working on the baby sampler here at the computer, and it's going much better than my progress shows. It doesn't seem I get much done with these projects with lots of color changes and quarter stitches. This is as of this morning:

I've also been working on Day without Stitching at work on lunch. Here is my current progress on that:

Hope springs treating you as well as it is us!

I've been quite busy stitching lately, and have more WIPs going, since I now have a carry-along project to stitch at work. No scans tonight (just too lazy, just too late, and I haven't made that much progress on my regular projects), but thought I'd write an update since it's been almost 20 days since my last. I'm still working on the baby sampler and the backstitching on the snowman sweatshirt. My take-along project is currently Day without Stitching, which I worked on last summer. It's only my first week back at it; I will scan and post when I get more done.

Until then, have a happy leap day, do something you don't normally do!

It's February! Since I last wrote, my son had a birthday, and we had snow. We've also had temperatures in the 70s since then too... Such is weather in Arkansas...

I have been cross stitching too (warm temperatures help). I have been working on the baby sampler for my niece, who was born last May. It is from the Leisure Arts publication "Come and Play Baby Collection." Here is my current progress:

I have also been working a little on the snowman sweatshirt. I haven't done much lately, because I've been working on the backstitch and don't care for backstitch, but it's been awhile since I had a new picture of my progress, so here it is, as of today:

That's about it for today.

Time flies!

Yeah, it's been awhile. No excuse, other than that I've acquired a new computer and haven't done very much stitching. I have finished the stitching on the snowman angel I started before Christmas, but haven't done the angel yet. Here it is:


I've done a few stitches of the backstitching on my Christmas snowman sweatshirt, but haven't had much interest in that lately. It's been, quite frankly, too cold. My next project will be a UFO - baby sampler for my niece born last May (I usually give the sampler for first birthdays...). I have started on it, but haven't worked on it in a long while.

Happy New Year! Yeah, a little bit late for that, but that's the story of my year so far...

I haven't been cross stitching much. I have been working on the snowman angel I started before Christmas, but still haven't gotten beyond the white, so there's still really nothing to see. I am hopeful I will soon have time to work more. I even stitched a few minutes on my sweatshirt tonight.

Anyway, I decided to share a photo of my 2007 ort ornament. Throughout the year I save all my floss ends and I put them all into a clear glass ball on which I paint the year. I started doing this in 1996, so this is my 12th ornament.


Here's hoping 2008 will be happy, healthy, and full of cross stitching!